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Fire at Louisiana oil tank farm prompts shelter-in-place and evacuations
NBC news ^
| 6/3/23
| Dennis Romero
Posted on 06/03/2023 5:39:12 PM PDT by CFW
Evacuations and shelter-in-place orders were in effect for residents and businesses around an oil industry tank farm in Louisiana after part of it erupted in flames Saturday, producing a plume near the Lake Charles area.
It wasn't clear what sparked the blaze at Calcasieu Refining Co. No injuries have been reported. The refinery did not answer phone calls seeking comment.
Mandatory evacuations were in effect for those as far as a 1.5 miles from the tank farm; outer boundaries of a shelter-in-place order have been reduced from 5 miles to 3 miles, according to the Lake Charles Fire Department.
In a statement, the fire department described the blaze as a "crude oil tank fire."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; economy; gasprices; isolatedincidents; oil; refinery; tankfarm
Another refinery fire.
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posted on
06/03/2023 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
CFW
To: CFW
Great, they are decreasing our gas supply again.
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posted on
06/03/2023 5:39:55 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: CFW
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posted on
06/03/2023 5:44:03 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: Secret Agent Man
the article said...”a shelter-in-place order”
I suppose that would be dependent on where I was when the fire broke out ...
Don’t you think?
... and to yur point , less gas ... got to get those summer driving prices up some how.
We don’t want a bunch of rif raf just tooling around the country side un-monitored do we?
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posted on
06/03/2023 5:50:29 PM PDT
by
1of10
(be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
To: Secret Agent Man
“The refinery did not answer phone calls seeking comment.”
Uh? They have evacuated the area. I assume that means the receptionist at the refinery as well.
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posted on
06/03/2023 5:51:34 PM PDT
by
CFW
(old and retired)
To: CFW
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posted on
06/03/2023 6:00:40 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
To: CFW
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posted on
06/03/2023 6:16:41 PM PDT
by
HollyB
To: CFW
Awful…Those poor people .
…
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posted on
06/03/2023 6:21:59 PM PDT
by
Mears
(.)
To: CFW
shelter-in-place orderDeadly fumes heading your way. Stay right where you are.
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posted on
06/04/2023 2:39:04 AM PDT
by
Pollard
( >>> The Great Rest is already underway! <<<)
To: CFW
CRUD oil is VERY thick & Heavy
NOT easy to set on fire.
To: ridesthemiles
Crude oil is not a single substance to picture.
There is thick and heavy crude. There is not so thick and not so heavy crude. Most is of this latter category.
Auto ignition about 400 degs F.
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posted on
06/04/2023 7:32:44 AM PDT
by
Owen
The mandatory evacuation and shelter-in-place for the Graywood
subdivision and the Big Lake Road area — put in place after an
oil tank caught fire at the Calcasieu Refining Company — have been
lifted. The order — which had been in place since just before
2 p.m. Saturday — was lifted at about 6 a.m. Sunday. The original
shelter-in-place order was for a 5-mile radius around Calcasieu
Parish, according to the Calcasieu Office of Emergency Preparedness.
That was eventually reduced to a 3-mile radius, then a fourth-mile radius.
Read more
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posted on
06/04/2023 7:56:20 AM PDT
by
deport
To: CFW
More government undercover work
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